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Bee and Wasp Stings (cont.)

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Author:Marion Berg, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobil Alabama.

Editors:Marian Gambrell, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.; Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Medically Reviewed by: Ellen Reich, MD, Board Certified in Allergy and Immunology and Pediatrics


Last Editorial Review: 4/18/2007

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